[ovs-dev] [PATCH v3] [RFC] ovn: Start work on design documentation.

[Russell Bryant]

On 02/24/2015 05:43 PM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 05:37:53PM +0100, Russell Bryant wrote:
>> On 02/20/2015 07:19 AM, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>>> This commit adds preliminary design documentation for Open Virtual Network,
>>> or OVN, a new OVS-based project to add support for virtual networking to
>>> OVS, initially with OpenStack integration.
>>
>> I had another thought about the OpenStack integration.  I don't remember
>> seeing any mention of DHCP in the design docs.  That could mean we have
>> to integrate with the existing DHCP agent in OpenStack.  It would be
>> great if something in OVN could negate the need for it, though.  Do you
>> have any thoughts about this?
> 
> DHCP is an obvious service to add to OVN eventually, but I guess that
> the initial versions won't have it built-in.  So, if OpenStack already
> has an agent and it's not too much of a hassle to integrate with OVN, it
> might be the way to go.
> 

That works.  I'd love to get to where none of the current agents are
needed.  It's good to at least agree that it makes sense to add eventually.

-- 
Russell Bryant